2 John 1:6 This is love

1 John 4:19  We love Him because He first loved us. 

Jesus gave us His command to love our neighbors as ourselves. Every human born into this world comes with the imprint of God. We need to value and respect that. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that through Him the world could be saved (John 3:17). Without love behind our actions we are just making noise. Carla

2 John 1:6 This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. NKJ

2 John 1:6 For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; 4 this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, in which you should walk. New American Bible 

God’s love is the basis of His desire for our obedience, and it is the reason He has revealed His will through His commandments in His Word. We prove our obedience to Him by demonstrating love toward one another. Love is an unlimited resource readily available to us, and it is tremendously effective in furthering the work of Christ. The NKJV Study Bible

The link between love and keeping the commandments is made also in (1 John 5:2–3) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.  Faithlife Study Bible

The Second Letter preserves the Johannine concerns of doctrinal purity and active love in the form of pastoral advice to a threatened community.  New American Bible

1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 

1 John 2:24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 

1 John 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.